KTT 373

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393008.

Transliteration

a-na su#-um-hu-ra-pi2
qi2-bi2-ma
um-ma be-el-ka-a-ma
t,up-pi2 an-ne2-em i-na sze-me-em
1(disz) _munus-tur_ ha-ap-pa-ar-ri-tum
ni-ih-ma-tum szum-sza
sza-al-la-at szi-na-ar-ra-ah
sza i-na pa-ni-tim u2-sza-ri-kum
_munus-tur_ sza-a-ti u3 _munus-tur_ li-bur-na-di-isz-szu
sza i-na za-al-pa-ah-[ma]
sza i-na i-na pa-ni-tim asz-pu-ra#?-[kum]
_munus-tur-mesz_ an-ne2-tim
ar-hi-isz it-ti-ka
a-na s,e-ri-ia re-de-e-em

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 373. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Raqqa, Syria (P393008) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P393008..

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